Jacob K Greenberg, Madelyn Frumkin, Ziqi Xu, Jingwen Zhang, Saad Javeed, Justin K Zhang, Braeden Benedict, Kathleen Botterbush, Salim Yakdan, Camilo A Molina, Brenton H Pennicooke, Daniel Hafez, John I Ogunlade, Nicholas Pallotta, Munish C Gupta, Jacob M Buchowski, Brian Neuman, Michael Steinmetz, Zoher Ghogawala, Michael P Kelly, Burel R Goodin, Jay F Piccirillo, Thomas L Rodebaugh, Chenyang Lu, Wilson Z Ray
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Neurosurgeons and hospitals devote tremendous resources to improving recovery from lumbar spine surgery. Current efforts to predict surgical recovery rely on one-time patient report and health record information. However, longitudinal mobile health (mHealth) assessments integrating symptom dynamics from ecological momentary assessment (EMA) and wearable biometric data may capture important influences on recovery. Our objective was to evaluate whether a preoperative mHealth assessment integrating EMA with Fitbit monitoring improved predictions of spine surgery recovery...
March 29, 2024: Neurosurgery